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Today we pay homage to Fred 'Sonic' Smith, rhythm guitarist and songwriter with the revolutionary '60s Detroit band MC5: a Visionary Motherfucker who died of ill health at the age of just forty-five.
Fred Sonic Smith, of the MC5, at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit MI. Musica
Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 [1] [lower-alpha 1] - November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist, best known as a member of the influential and political Detroit rock band MC5. [3] At age 31, he married and raised a family with poet and fellow rock musician Patti Smith.The couple collaborated musically, and raised two children together.
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1948-1994, Lincoln County. Fred "Sonic" Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, was born in the Harts Creek area of Lincoln County and grew up in Detroit. He began playing guitar when he was 12, performing in a number of local bands before co-founding the MC5 in the mid-1960s. The band helped create the Detroit sound, a.
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By Sergio Ariza. Fred 'Sonic' Smith was the high priest of the High Octane Rock Church of Detroit. Along with MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band, he was ahead of the punk and distortion storms of alternative rock. His exchange of furious electricity discharge with Wayne Kramer were the punk equivalent to those of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts.
Fred 'Sonic' Smith and Dennis Thompson of the MC5, Free Concert in the
Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died on Friday, Nov. 4, at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44. The cause was heart failure, said his wife, Patti Smith, the poet and musician.Smith was born in West Virginia but soon moved to Detroit.
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"They were the two smartest, most talented guys I knew," said MC5's Wayne Kramer of fellow bandmates Rob Tyner and Fred "Sonic" Smith, in a key scene from unreleased documentary about the.
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Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 performs live in 1969
June 8, 1972 The rock group MC5 (Fred 'Sonic' Smith, Dennis 'Machine Gun' Thompson, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer and Michael Davis) pose for a photo in front of an American flag in Detroit,.
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Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died on Friday at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44 and lived in St. Clair Shores, a suburb of Detroit. The.
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The MC5 (which stands for "Motor City" in honor of their Detroit hometown) formed in 1964 with Kramer, his friend Fred "Sonic" Smith (guitar), Rob Tyner (vocals), Dennis "Machine Gun".
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MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963. [5] [6] The classic line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson.
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218 subscribers 270K views 10 years ago MC5 - Let it Rock (Helsinki, 1972) A cover of the Chuck Berry tune by what was left of the MC5. Show more Show more
Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 smashes his guitar on
Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died Friday at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44 and lived in St. Clair Shores, a suburb of Detroit.
Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 performs live in 1969
By Fred Goodman August 24, 2018 The rock group MC5 (L-R Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer and Michael Davis) pose for a photo in front of an.
Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of the group MC5 poses for a portrait in
role in the MC5 In the MC5.30, 1948, Detroit), rhythm guitarist Fred ("Sonic") Smith (b. August 14, 1948, West Virginia—d. November 4, 1994, Detroit), drummer Dennis Thompson (original name Dennis Tomich; b. September 7, 1948), and bassist Michael Davis (b. June 5, 1943, Detroit—d. February 17, 2012, Chico, California). Read More
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Nov. 13, 1994 12 AM PT Fred (Sonic) Smith, original guitarist for the rock band MC5 and several other groups, including his Sonic's Rendezvous Band, has died. He was 44. He died Nov. 4 of heart.